Site is indexed but not ranking

Thank you for your detailed explanation.

I've followed everything you said. To be honest, I did this for the very first since I didn't know I can test the pages this way from GSC.

I see this issue on a news site. So far, I haven't used any black hat tactics, including link building. Until this very moment, I've only gotten several top-notch links from reputable local news sites, completely organic.

Copy your site content, one exact match line - maybe 10 words.
Paste it in Google and search.

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I did this. Nothing. Not a single result of my site appears on google, not even in the image tab. The specific URL is indexed though. And it's active when I perform site:URL search.

Is your site showing up to the result? Have the meta description changed, to match your search - with the content?

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The site is indexed. There are several keywords that it ranks for. If I search the name of the domain, I can see my site on page 1 despite the fact that the name is combination of very broad and widely used keywords.

If its a wordpress, its most likely some plugins that are blocking resources which mean googlebot is not able to find content.
In google search console, test your site and look at the screenshot provided by googlebot and look if the site is rendering properly. If its not, check what is not loading in extra information - and take action from that.

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Checked. HTML loads fine, I can see everything. Screenshot is fine. It cuts the article in half though, but I guess that's normal...? The "More info" tab shows HTTP Response 200 OK code, all resources were loaded and No messages in JavaScript console messages.

If its loading properly, and still you cant find your result with exact match - your page may be too slow for Google to render it as a whole - so it just renders the top and leaves to not break your site for your visitors.

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I'm not sure if this has do to something with cutting the image in half (talking about the screenshot). Google page speed tester shows 95-100% all the time. GTMetrix shows 99%, A grade score consistently, for both speed and structure.

Any ideas what to check next?